Combination telephone bookstand and calendar



Dec. 24, 1929. M. HENscHEL A COMBINATION TELEPHONE BOOKSTAND v.AND CALENDAR Filed Feb. 24. 192e f m, 95 5 .M a n, f M :E :rfzz/V U WWI M ,/mww 1 mr WM 4. U .P23 (I .m www f Zw M i A 19 CSIC' Patented Dec. 24, 1929 UNTED STATES MINNIE HENSCI-IEL, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN' COMBINATION TELEPHONE BOOKSTAND AND CALENDAR Application filed February 24, 1928.

This invention relates to telephone bool; stands and more particularly to such stands having a calendar device combined therewith in which a series of calendar cards are used,

5 designed to be changed periodically.

Heretofore, in calendar d vices of the t e shown on the drawings, it has been a source of inconvenience to change the cards at the required periods, due to the fact that the ls are generally carried by such devices in groups of 12 and it is inconvenient to remove a card from the narrow chamber, in which they are contained.

An object of this invention is to provide l5 a calendar device in which the cards may be readily removed without inconvenience. This desired result is accomplished by equipping the device with a rotatable friction member which grips the cards to be removed 20 when necessary.

A further object is to provide telephone book stand which is simple in manufacture, yet pleasing in appearance and durable and has combined therewith a convenient calen- 25 dar device.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, B constituting a material partof this disclosure,

and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the calendar device and stand.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional side view of the device, taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing details of the roller and casing.

Referring to the drawings, the calendar device and telephone book stand is shown to comprise a casing 5 mounted on a support 6 and provided with an opening in its face, through which are visible the calendar cards 9, the latter usually showing the year, month and days, as is customary in such devices. A rear casing 7 is formed integral with the casing 5 and serves as a. receptacle for holding a telephone book. Casing 7 has its forward wall 18 out away at 19 to enable ready access Serial No. 258,659.

to the bool; which may be contained therein. integral with casings 5 and T are two side chambers l1 and 12, the walls of which are slotted at 2O and 21 respectively; and mounted within these chambers are springs and 26, fixed to the rear wall of the casing 7 and having their forward ends attached at 15 and 16 to the. shaft lei., which is slidably and rotatably mounted in the slots 2O and 2l. lsfoun'ed on the sha 1% is a rubber roller 13, which is constantly held in frictional engagement wi h the foremost card by the springs and 26. A `Knob 17 is provided for rotating the shaft 1i.

in operation, when the month has passed, say the month of January, 1928, as shown by the drawings, the user rotates the shaft 14, which causes the friction roller 13 to force the card 9, representing January, upwards to a point where it may be easily removed. The card for February is then exposed to fiew and the calendar is now in condition for use for another month. The removed card may be placed in the rear of the unused cards or otherwise dsposed of.

From the above description, it is evident that l have provided a simple, yet eficicnt device for removing calcnoar cards from a stand. The novel arrangement herein disclosed may be incorporated in stands made of Celluloid, metal, paper or other desired materials without affecting its proper functioning.

Also the combination of a telephone bool; stand and a calendar device is novel and presents numerous obvious advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a Calendar device comprising a chamber having an opening in its face and containing a plurality of removable cards, a shaft journalled in slots in the walis of said chamber, a pair c-f springs fixed to the shaft and to the rear wall of the chamber, and a friction roller mounted on said shaft and engaging the foremost care to enable its easy removal when the shaft is rotated.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature. A

Mns. MINNIE HENSCHEL. 

